Proverbs 25:14
Someone who boasts about a gift they never give is like cloud and wind without rain.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
13Faithful messengers are as refreshing to their master as cold snow on a hot harvest day.
15If you're patient you can persuade your superior, and soft words can break down opposition.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11One of them, Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, had made himself iron horns. He announced, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these horns you will gore the Arameans until they're dead!’”
Luke 14:11For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
2 Corinthians 11:13These people are false apostles, dishonest workers, who pretend to be apostles of Christ.
2 Peter 2:15They have abandoned the right path and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved to be paid for doing evil.
Jude 1:16Such people are grumblers, always complaining. They follow their own evil desires, speaking boastfully about themselves, and flattering others to get what they want.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:14
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. See here, 1. What ought to be the care of a servant, the meanest that is sent on an errand and entrusted with any business, much more the greatest, the agent and ambassador of a prince; he ought to be faithful to him that sends him, and to see to it that he do not, by mistake or with design, falsify his trust, and that he be in nothing that lies in his power wanting to his… Read the whole commentary →